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Fracking rules must be tougher, say UKs climate advisors
2016-07-07 09:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Live News: Shale gas production will not be consistent with the UKs climate targets unless there are tougher regulations in place. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) believes large-scale fracking could only go ahead if three key tests are met to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are as follows: Test 1: Emissions must be tightly regulated and closely monitored during well development, production and decommissioning in order to ensure rapid action to address leaks. Test 2: Unabated...
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Green group launches legal action against fracking decision in North Yorkshire
2016-07-06 20:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Energy Live News: Environmental campaigners have appealed against North Yorkshire County Councils decision to allow fracking. In May, the council approved Third Energy`s application to extract shale gas near the North York Moors National Park in Ryedale. Friends of the Earth has sent an application to the High Court for a judicial review of the decision following a letter it sent to the council saying it would take legal action. It said the council failed to properly assess climate change as it didnt consider...
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Toxins From Fracking Found In Nearby Residents
2016-07-06 06:30:00| Chemical Processing
People working at or living near fracking sites are found to have higher concentrations of toxic chemicals in their bodies.
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House Republicans plan new effort to block Obama fracking restrictions after court ruling
2016-07-05 11:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Target: President Obama and Democrats always talk about "income inequality" and how hard they are working to close the income gap between rich and poor, all while imposing as many costly rules and regulations on us as possible. If liberal regressives are experts at anything, it is hypocrisy. That is especially true when it comes to energy. Obama has pledged throughout his presidency to take down the coal industry (something Hillary Clinton now wants to do) and make fossil fuels as expensive as possible...
While Spotlight Was On Offshore Drilling, Fracking Quietly Made Its Way Into Our Oceans
2016-07-01 22:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: The Gulf of Mexico has been struggling with the pollution from offshore oil drilling for a long time, a struggle that was dramatically highlighted by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill six years ago. But now it has come to light that the oil industry is conducting offshore fracking in the Gulf, which is even more dangerous than conventional oil drilling, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. The group received copies of more than a thousand fracking permits from the Bureau of Ocean...
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